RE: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-21 Thread Geoff Stafford
The things one has to do to please these big corporations these days ;-) > Right now however I am scanning slides (Fujichrome > Provia 100F at the moment) from a Kodak developing facility and all I > have to do is blow them off

Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-20 Thread Rob Geraghty
Robert Kehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I haven't seen any degradation in image quality from Digital Ice, but I > haven't done any extensive tests. Has anyone else? My experience is that is causes slight softening of the focus - as do the cleaning filters in Vuescan. Rob

RE: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-19 Thread Frank Paris
rty negatives from SS4000 > > > Frank, > > Do you use a dry towel. Or is it moistened with something? > > Bob > > > > - Original Message - > From: Frank Paris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, November 10,

Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-19 Thread Robert Kehl
- Original Message - From: Johnny Deadman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Filmscanners <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 7:59 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000 > on 9/11/00 8:05 pm, Robert Kehl at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >

Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-19 Thread Robert Kehl
Frank, Do you use a dry towel. Or is it moistened with something? Bob - Original Message - From: Frank Paris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 7:14 PM Subject: RE: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000 > O

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2000-11-14 Thread Rob Geraghty
Art wrote: >Many labs have a very bad policy with film handling. The majority of >people do not order reprints, and since the film is usually printed >before it is cut and sleeved, a lot of the scratches are put on after >the printer is done with them, or by the automated film gate (again, >after

Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-14 Thread Arthur Entlich
Rob Geraghty wrote: > > Geoff wrote: > > I'm not sure how labs manage to scratch negs so badly! > > Ever watched how they throw them around before they sleeve them? > > Rob Many labs have a very bad policy with film handling. The majority of people do not order reprints, and since the film

Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-14 Thread Arthur Entlich
Rob Geraghty wrote: > > Geoff wrote: > > I'm not sure how labs manage to scratch negs so badly! > > Ever watched how they throw them around before they sleeve them? > > Rob Many labs have a very bad policy with film handling. The majority of people do not order reprints, and since the film

Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-14 Thread Rob Geraghty
Geoff wrote: > I'm not sure how labs manage to scratch negs so badly! Ever watched how they throw them around before they sleeve them? Rob

RE: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-12 Thread MortenE
2:14 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000 > > > One thing I have always noticed is that slides seem to be much easier to > keep clean than negatives. Negatives seem to attract dust like a magnet. > When using the HP PhotoSmart

Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-10 Thread Bill Ross
The dust problems are almost certainly to do with your scanning environment and your general treatment of the negs. I have absolutely NO dust problems with my SS4000... to the point that I literally spot only one or two dots and then only on some negatives. Thi

RE: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-10 Thread Frank Paris
://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=62684 > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert Kehl > Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 5:05 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty neg

Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-10 Thread Johnny Deadman
on 9/11/00 8:05 pm, Robert Kehl at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The Artix4000t definately gives me sharper higher resolution prints from y > Epson 2000P especially at 13"x19". But the time I spend cleaning and > spotting is a high price to pay. My conclusion? I am using the Nikon for > my first

Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-10 Thread Robert Kehl
- Original Message - From: Frank Paris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 12:04 AM Subject: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000 > Has anyone had trouble with their SS4000 producing horribly dusty and > scratchy

RE: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-10 Thread Frank Paris
://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=62684 > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Arthur Entlich > Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 3:49 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000 >

Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-10 Thread Arthur Entlich
Frank Paris wrote: > > Has anyone had trouble with their SS4000 producing horribly dusty and > scratchy negatives? I can't believe how filthy my negatives are and how much > time I have to spend cleaning them up. I never had this problem with my HP > PhotoSmart. Things seem to be getting worse,

Re: filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-09 Thread Tony Sleep
> Has anyone had trouble with their SS4000 producing horribly dusty and > scratchy negatives? I get very cross with my lab nowadays, especially the careless eejit who sometimes sleeves the film, apparently wearing studded gauntlets and using a doormat for a work surface. Film I process myself

filmscanners: horribly dirty negatives from SS4000

2000-11-08 Thread Frank Paris
Has anyone had trouble with their SS4000 producing horribly dusty and scratchy negatives? I can't believe how filthy my negatives are and how much time I have to spend cleaning them up. I never had this problem with my HP PhotoSmart. Things seem to be getting worse, too. I just got through blowing